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WASHINGTON: If you have just started dating someone, it may be wise to limit your time on Facebook. New couples who use Facebook excessively are far more likely to experience Facebook-related conflict which may lead to emotional and physical cheating, breakup and divorce, a new study has warned. Russell Clayton, a doctoral student in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, along with Alexander Nagurney, an instructor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and Jessica R Smith, a doctoral student at St Mary's University in San Antonio, surveyed Facebook users ages 18 to 82 years old. Participants were asked to describe how often they used Facebook and how much, if any, conflict arose between their current or former partners as a result of Facebook use. The researchers found that high levels of Facebook use among couples significantly predicted Facebook-related conflict, which then significantly predicted negative relationship outc...

AP With all the potential in social media in India, the utilisation of this force for marketing is still in  You've heard all those jokes about Facebook addiction? Well, they are for real. According to a recent report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India, Facebook is the leading website accessed by 97 per cent of all social media users in India. And the average frequency of social networking access (using the mobile phone) is: yes, seven days a week. These figures, however, are not startling to anyone in the social media; they only indicate a certain incremental change from the previous years. Saurabh Parmar, founder, Brandlogist, and digital marketing professor, points out a couple of discrepancies: for instance, Facebook says its numbers have crossed 62 million in India, while the study pegs the total number of social media users at 62 million. Some of the other numbers are surprising, he says. "How many people use G+? The study puts i...

The 10 most annoying types of social media updates have been revealed in a new survey. The survey by Sweatband.com has found that diet and exercise boasters are the most annoying thing about social media.  The top 10 includes updates that most social media users will have published at some point. According to the Telegraph, the list of top 10 most annoying types of social media updates is as follows:  * Diet and exercise boasters: Those who tell you how far they've cycled, how fast they ran and how many pounds they've shed.  * People who tell you about every meal are boring enough.  * Cryptic status writers.  * At number four is game inviters. Those who bombard their friends with requests to play virtual farmers or digital mobsters or whatever game they are playing on Facebook.  * Proud parents. Of course your child is special and amazing. To you. The rest of us don't need to know about every step, sniffle or funny saying.  * Peop...

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